The road measures 4.39 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 10 minutes to travel its length.
The A597 is a A Road and is located in the Zone 5 Highways Region.
This is a true long-distance route, journeying through numerous towns like WORKINGTON, Northside, Clay Flatts Trading Estate, Clay Flatts Industrial Estate, Salterbeck, Harrington, High Harrington, Distington, and Lillyhall.
The road is located entirely within Cumbria.